Vending-machine.



i e v t f nerim@ .i reverser "in E ifnlll@ wie te ri ERNEST L. SMITH,YO" WIDSOR, NORTH CAROLIA, -ASSlGNOR OF ONEHALT TO .ERNEST LENWOGD WEAVER, OF WARRENTON, NORTE UAR'OLNA.

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4 it known that I, ERNEST L.' Stern, e itizen of the United States, residing et Windsorylin the county of Bertie and State of .NOr-tliCerolne, lieve invented certain new engl useful .Improvements in Vending- Meehines'; and l do .declare the "following to he e fell, elesr, 'eneleieot deseription oit the I invention, such as will enable others skilled use the seme.

in the ort to Whieh it eppertsins to Ineke and invention relates to vending machines, and pertionlerlyto coin or eheoli-eontrolled ineohnes, endmwhile l have shown the devieendepted for dispensing a. iples, it will. be understooocl thatV it may e constructed alon lines ,to adept it 'for vending dillerent ortie es or merchandise.

' The ohjeet of the invention is to provide' e simple, cheap and efiioient structure ot.

this olase which absolutely prevents fraudulent operation.

Vth this and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel tentures of construction, combination end errungement of psits res will he described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the seeompenying drawings, Figure 1 is s, top plan View 1with ports broken ai 7ev;

oliveto, 3, having s. dispensing Y its outer end.

Extending from the easing 2, adjacent its outer end, 'is o. merchandise tuhe oroesing, '5, adopted to h delivr .its contents upon e. shoulder, o, formeel et the end of the easing in position tohe engaged hy the eomhined -plunger and bel'ie plete, 7. This plunger,

' The o eretine shet 9 isinounte u l l 1 7, is provided .et its'reer end with a tudinsl slot, 8, which is edapted to be engagedhy the operating shaft, 9, carrying on its outer. end the usualy thumb ieee, 10.

in beerlongiings, .ll and 12,'eerried by provided with o sirsl spring, 13, conneeted to the' operetingei ett Aand to the bearing so Epeoioaton of Letters Patent.

Application led Eieren 19,

.the easing and is Patented Meren 2, 1969.

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as to normally hold the shaft in retreoteol position. A suitable coller, te, limits its rearward movement.

neeured to upper side of the shaft- 9 vis e. supporting piece, l5, 'fromy which prejeets s. horizontal erin, t6, having ilerenii ing from its enter free end, detent er roger, l?, adopted to engage en upwardly project 7, the easing .2 losing suitelziiy slotted 1'?" to allow the passage of the detent. A sultsble eoin slot, 19, is corrieri by the easing and is elined with e similmslot, 20, carried hy the easing, 2, both heine; in slinement 'with s slot 21 formed in the erm, i6. Suitu able lugs, 22, 23, ere oerrietl by the plunger, 7, ond eefsing, 2, respectively, so es to limit Athe inwertl movement of the former. 'De-- pending from the easing, 2, e tube, 24, oonneeting with-s money box, 25, so es to reoeive the Coins when released by the shaft, 9.

The operation is es follows: A Coin. is dropped into the slot, 1', end the shaft, 9, is in normal position, it 'passes through the slot, 21", in the erm, 16, through the slot, 20, and across the aperture, S, in the end of the plunger. The shaft, 9, is new operated and its engaging end contes into'oontset with the e-oin whioh oioses the aperture 8, end, therefore, es the shaft is continued in its movement, the pioneer is ,fo-reed forwardly to eject the apple or other ertiole of men' chendise into the discharge chute, 3. At this time thereineining apples in the supply chute or easing, 5 drop flown upon the upper side of the combined' plunger end hah'ie plete, 7, end until tlieplung'er is retracted are heldy thereon After the shaft 9 is released, the'spring, 13, retreots it to normal position, but it will he seen 'from en inspection of the dotted lines that the detent 17 does not engage the lug 1S until sufficient timel hes elapsed for the coin to drop into the money box, 25, the detent then engaging allows another apple or article of merchandise to drop upon the shoulder 6. The eesing, 2 is only suilioiently dee to allowone apple or one article of' any kind to desoenfl from the chute, and the weight o the srt-islesy lace so'thet it esnn'ot he die leoeofeiroeet y the fortvertl movement [of t e pltmger.

From theoregoing fleseription, *selten in ing lug, 18, oerried on the end of the piinger,

'the lo?1 i8 end. retreoting. the plongerA 7 throng the notion of the spring, 13. This' sbove'holds the article en the shonldei in' connection with the eoeompenying drawings,

the construction. end operation of the inven tion will be readily understood Without requiring e more extended explanation.. U

Verious changes 1n the Iorrn, proportion end the minor details oi' eonstructlon may' be resorted to Without departing from the prin ciple or sacrificing en of the advantages of the invention es de claim.

Having thus described ni'y invention, what l claim esnew end desire to secure byLettersed in the appended Patent 'isz y En e device of the class described, the combinetion with e-cesing, of e centrally disosed slotted tube therein, e discharge tube .epe-riding from the forward end thereof, e

spring to retract seid operating plunger, e coin chute carried by the casing, e coin chute carried by the tube in register with the first coin enute end adapted to deliver e coin to the slotted tube so as to rest across the soclret in the dispensing plunger, e retracting devioecerried by the o ereting plunger end extending between tiie eoin "chutes, seid re'treeting device having e; slot to register with the coin chutes when the operetmg plunger is in normal position, end en erm on the retracting device extending through the slot vin the tube to engage the dispensing plunger to retract the seme after e predetermined retrograde movement of the operating plunger. I I

in testimony whereof l have hereunto set my bend in presence of two subscribing Wit- ERNEST L. SM'lllL Witnesses: v

W. L. Dor-irs, W. P. KING. 

